Ignorance In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Have you ever heard the saying “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” and “We learn from history that we learn nothing from history.”? These quotes come from George Santayana and George Bernard Shaw, these men tell how it’s common for people to repeat past mistakes. However, if people learn to look back and understand history, it’s harder to replicate disastrous actions. History is full of wars and brutish words, yet the source of all these problems come from a single issue: power. Leaders seek power in every crevice they can find. In the book, “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, Napoleon is a cruel dictator who successfully takes over a farm after running off its competitors. Major, an old pig, told the farm of a new way of living. However, after he died, Napoleon steadily took over the farm. Therefore, taking the time to understand history’s past and mistakes can be an effective weapon against repeating the same mistakes. Failure to learn outcomes in a repetition of history, as Napoleon proves, as shown in today’s life, learning from history helps resolve futures issues, and only suffering comes from problematic actions of the past.

Animal Farm is an allegorical book which was written by George Orwell. In this book the author represents the important characters of the Russian Revolution. There are many characters in this book. A pig named Snowball is one of them who is based on Leon Trotsky. Leon Trotsky was an early leader in communism (ANIMAL FARM). He had control of the Soviet Union. He followed Karl Marx direction who was leader of communist party and also planner of Russian revolution. Trotsky leaded the “October Revolution,” to get freedom from Czar Nicholas II. On the other hand, Snowball is an early leader in Animalism. He played an important role in getting

Elie Wiesel in Night and Snowball from Animal Farm are very similar characters because they were victimized by tyrants and used as scapegoats, but they are also unique and individual characters because Elie knew he was being taken advantage of and Snowball did not. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell, and it is about a farm of animals that take over the farm. Napoleon, a large pig, slowly takes away food and supplies from the other animals until he starts walking on two feet and becomes a “human.” Because of him Snowball is expelled from the farm and acts as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel, and in it Elie tells the story of he was taken from his home and put into a concentration camp under the control of Adolf Hitler.

Ignorance is the most fatal flaw in human nature. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, he expresses through his characters that ignorance is the worst of all flaws. Each of the animal characters in the book, symbolize specific characteristics that are found in humans. Mollie, Benjamin and the sheep are the main animals that have the greatest ignorance and can bring harm into the farm. Mollie, the mare, represents the young people of the times.

Wisdom is something that all people have to a certain point, but some people just do not use it. Benjamin had wisdom because he has experienced everything, but just never used it. Napoleon uses his wisdom to know how to use propaganda to be able to control the other animals. Old Major was using his wisdom to start a rebellion. Animal Farm, a novel written by George Orwell, uses Benjamin, Napoleon, and Old Major as symbols to show how wisdom manifests in many different ways.

Ignorance is defined as, "Lacking knowledge or awareness in genera; uneducated or unsophisticated." In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell addresses the topic of ignorance. Orwell illustrates that the social and political oppression of the animals is due to their inability to read, which causes them to believe everything they are told. First of all, the animals' ignorance prevents them from realizing the pigs are taking advantage of them. The pigs constantly manipulate the laws to fit their needs. The narrator says, "...it was certainly true that nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken." Because the animals lack the ability to read, they are not able to realize that the rule has been manipulated.

George Orwell, writer of the book Animal Farm captures important aspects of the Russian Revolution and portrays them in a humorous and more understandable way. Each animal represents an important person or event that happened during this time. Snowball is a pig that lives on Mr. Jones farm who is enthralled at the idea of a Revolution and one of the main animals to help get it going. The inspiration for his character was from important revolutionist, Leon Trotsky. Snowball was modeled after him, showing most of his character trails and interest. Most of the people and events that look place throughout Trotsky’s life are also incorporated in Snowball’s life. Orwell’s imagination ran wild as he wrote this memorable story so that he might

“It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance” -American Poet Lewis Thomas. In other words, the act of being clueless is unproblematic, but the faintest clue of the mistreatment being experienced is vastly more difficult to live with. This notion has been proven accurate throughout the history of the world; it has been especially true during Stalin’s rule of the USSR, the constant propaganda and censorship created mass ignorance of the mistreatment of the USSR citizens causing further political and social oppression.

According to Martin Luther King Jr., “nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity”. This quote by Martin Luther King Jr. relates to the fact that everyone is a danger to themselves and others when they are ignorant and they show careful stupidity. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the dangers of being ignorant are shown through the use of the characters Boxer, Benjamin, and the Sheep.

George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm was written about the Russian Revolution. It and speaks on behalf of communities being affected by dictatorship that started out as a socialist movement. Something that always will accompany a leader rising up as a dictator is ignorance, refusal to accept the situation, and manipulation of anyone below the tyrant leader. Most of the animals in Animal Farm are said to be ignorant right from the beginning of the story (with the exception of the pigs and the dogs) which inevitably is what led to their failure as being equals.

The Vulnerability of Ignorance To live in a place that is completely controlled by a governing force in every aspect of life provokes a questionable concern. It is clear that too much authority in the hands of a certain group can lead to a deceitful, corrupted system that directly benefits any private agendas of the elitists in power. This concern was the epitome of why the political activist and novelist, George Orwell, wrote the book Animal Farm to emphasize an overall allegory that challenged a communistic system and an overbearing totalitarian government. Orwell purposefully crafted this fable-based novel to reach an audience in western Europe.

Leon Trotsky’s counterpart in Animal Farm is Snowball, one of the leaders. The Snowball’s plans for the windmill reflects Trotsky’s intellectual character ideas about the best ways to transform Marx 's theories into practice. Trotsky was the leader of Lenin’s Red Army similar to how Snowball led the animals into revolution.

The book Animal Farm bases a lot of the events that happen to the Russian Revolution. As you learn more about the revolution and read the book you soon realize that the author compares the characters to real people that took part in the revolution. Learn Trotsky is someone who gets compared to the character Snowball and they do share a lot of similarities. They are both leaders of the revolution and they both also disagree with Napoleon/Stalin. The fact that they are always disagreeing with each other can be proven by the quote, “These two disagreed at every point where disagreement was possible.” (Orwell 15). Napoleon/Stalin also tries stealing Trotsky/Snowball’s ideas. Orwell then ends Snowball's part in the story by having him get chased off the farm which is similar to Trotsky getting deported from the

Although many people believe that naivety is good, it can be very easily exploited by corrupt leaders. Naivety makes it very easy for a corrupt leader to take control of a society. Naivety makes it very effortless for leaders to manipulate the citizens to believe anything. Such as, the leader can lead them to do something for themselves, but instead on help the wellbeing of the government or leader. Similarly, George Orwell, author of the historical allegory Animal Farm, takes a dim view on how leaders can manipulate the citizen’s naivety. Orwell suggests that complete devotion to an ideal and being manipulative lead to loss of freedom and equality in a society.

George Orwell's Animal Farm provides a fascinating allegory of life in a totalitarian society, captured by important aspects of the Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution, and portrays them in a satirical manner. Each animal represents an important personage in the events that happened during this time.-Snowball- One of the essential and vital personalities in Orwell’s book “Animal farm” is a pig that’s intelligent, passionate, eloquent, and rarely subtle representative of the Russian revolutionist, Marxist theorist, and the founding leader of the Red Army, Lev Davidovich Bronshtein (Leon Trotsky). Snowball is modeled after him, because of the eminently identical character traits they both share in common. Snowball lives under the farm hold leadership